Prison Officer - HMP Hindley

Overview

Prison officer – HMP Hindley

HMP Hindley, Barracks Road, Bickershaw, Wigan WN2 5TH

City/Town:
Wigan | Region:
North West

Starting salary: £35,875 (for a 39 hour week inc 20% unsocial)

Vacancy type:
Merit

This role is not eligible for new Skilled Worker visas in accordance with the current immigration rules.

An extraordinary job

In this unique career, you’ll have the opportunity to carry out many different roles in any one day.

To become a prison officer, you will need to:

• be at least 18 years old at the commencement of employment
• meet the Civil Service Nationality requirements
• pass a medical and fitness assessment
• meet the required eyesight standard in both eyes
• for safety reasons, meet a suitable standard of hearing
• tattoos: allowed if not offensive, discriminatory, violent or intimidating; facial tattoos are generally not acceptable, except for cultural, religious, or medical reasons

For safety reasons, everyone training to be a prison officer needs a suitable standard of hearing (without the use of hearing aids).

To work in a high security prison (category

A) you must have been a resident in the UK for the last 3 years.

How to apply

• Complete your initial application form
• You will be invited to complete an online test to assess basic judgement and numerical skills
• If you pass, you will be invited to an online assessment centre (OAC)
• Upon successful OAC completion and vacancy allocation, you will be invited to a medical and fitness test (eyesight, hearing, basic health screening including a blood pressure check)

The initial training is 37 hours a week. After training, you can choose to work 37, 39 or 41 hours a week. Your annual salary will reflect your weekly hours.

• 37 hours a week = £33,746 a year
• 39 hours a week = £35,875 a year
• 41 hours a week = £38,003 a year

All salary figures quoted include any additional allowances. The standard working week of a prison officer is based on a 39 hours per week shift pattern.

• 25 days’ annual holiday (rising to 30 days after 10 years’ service)
• paid time off for public holidays and 1 extra privilege day
• Civil Service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%
• cycle to work scheme, travel loans and other benefits

Read more about prison officer benefits

• This is a merit job vacancy. If you are successful at the online assessment centre, you will be added to a merit list based on your score.
• When all applicants have completed the assessment centre, the prison will make offers to individuals with the highest scores first when positions become available.
• You can stay on the merit list for 12 months. After this, you’ll need to apply again.

• Operational Support Grade Role:
  The online assessment centre will also determine suitability for appointment as an Operational Support Grade (OSG).
• If you are unsuccessful as a prison officer, you may be offered an alternative OSG role.
• The Civil Service Code sets out expected standards of behaviour for Civil Servants. We recruit by merit on fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.
• For concerns about the recruitment process, contact Shared Services Connected Ltd:  or Moj-recruitment-v

The Civil Service is committed to attracting, retaining and investing in talent wherever it is found. See the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy for more information.

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